[BC] Dousing (Tower) Lights to Save Birds

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Yea, in in the end, the side lights are going to stay on, but flash.

--chip

On Jun 14, 2012, at 10:12 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 26
> From: Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com>
>
> The marker light off concept is getting traction.  The FAA has already
> commented favorably on an experiment in Michigan. Not sure of the  
> reason
> behind marker lights other than to create a steady state condition on
> which to compare the flashing lights and to back them up when they  
> fail.
>
> But I'd be just as happy turning them off....  It's one less thng to
> trigger a pre-mature relamping.
>
> MM